Community Tasting Notes 21

• GQG Likes this wine: 93 points

  July 9, 2018 - This wine is no mass-produced, characterless product; rather, it's concentrated, delicious ripe juicy fruit delivering an abundance of tart black cherry and blueberry couched in velvety, earthy, & licorice-like tannins with a long, peppery finish having pointed acidity. Yes, it's become all that after a decade in the bottle -- it's hard to stop drinking! No decant; left open in the bottle. I love the clarity of this wine; full-bodied, yet polished. The grenache component (25%) was matured in stainless steel to preserve the fruit (methinks the screw-cap helped); the shiraz was matured in 2-3 year old oak barrels. For those who've held on to this wine: congratulations, you've been rewarded.

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• prism wrote: 90 points

  June 7, 2014 - P & P. Tart at first, backward fruit. Had a glass-and-half, vacuvinned and refrigerated for five days. Holds up well. Not at all bad, but not particularly interesting. Would not repurchase.

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• Strumpet101 Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 4, 2013 - Reading other peoples' tasting notes, I decanted this 2 hours before pouring. It still needed a good 30-45 minutes in the glass before it deserved the 90. Before it opens up, it has a distinctive medicinal flair. Once it has a chance in the glass, it is still fruit forward, with lots of cherry notes, but the medicinal nose goes away, and it becomes lovely and smooth.
  
  Still a little rich and sweet. Did really well with a Chorizo Smoked Paprika pasta sauce.

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• bmwcarl wrote:

  June 16, 2012 - I'm a fan of big, new world wines but this is simply too much. Incredibly concentrated with just too much overwheling flavor. The only wine I remember that had an actual oily sheen on the surface when decanted. Drank over 3 nights but I just couldn't finish it. Make The Boxer look tame in comparison.

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• nzinkgraf wrote:

  October 26, 2011 - Rich blistered berry aroma, a couple years after the fact, the Tanzer review that references new world pinot noir still applies. RRV on steroids!!! This is actually what I wish all of Aussie wines had as a reference. Sweet oak and a mild eucalyptus thought. Very modest tannin, but nice and present acid. Kudos!!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Glaetzer
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Shiraz Grenache Wallace
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Barossa
• Appellation Barossa Valley
• UPC Code 9322246002008

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• In Cellars 64 (28%)
• Consumed 167 (72%)

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